The Night Circus
Two young magicians duel inside a black-and-white circus that only opens at night, and fall in love against the rules.
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The Odyssey
Homer's Odyssey in Fagles translation: Odysseus fights home past Cyclops, Circe, and Sirens while Telemachus seeks news and Penelope stalls suitors in Ithaca.…
2,504-word summary · 11 min read
The Old Man and the Sea
Off Cuba, old Santiago rows out after 84 empty days, hooks a great marlin, and holds on for three days alone.
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The Princess Bride
Buttercup loses Westley to pirates and is forced to marry Prince Humperdinck in Florin.
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The Return of the King
Frodo and Sam reach Mount Doom while Aragorn claims Gondor and Pippin and Merry fight at Minas Tirith.
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The Road
A father and son walk through ash America with a cart and a pistol, repeating carry the fire.
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The Scarlet Letter
Hester Prynne wears an A for adultery while Dimmesdale hides his part in Boston.
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The Sea of Monsters
Percy returns for a second summer as Camp Half-Blood loses its borders, Tyson is claimed as his brother, and the Golden Fleece waits past the Sea of Monsters.
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The Secret Garden
Sour Mary Lennox lands at Misselthwaite Moor from India, finds a locked garden with Dickon, and pulls sickly Colin to his feet.
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The Stranger
Meursault buries his mother, kills a man on an Algiers beach, and faces trial for seeming to feel nothing.
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The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck
Blogger Mark Manson argues for fewer cares held better, through suffering, values, failure and saying no, with raw stories.
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The Summer I Turned Pretty
Belly spends another Cousins summer torn between Conrad and Jeremiah Fisher.
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The Tattooist of Auschwitz
Heather Morris retells the years of Lale Sokolov as tattooist at Auschwitz Birkenau, his love for Gita Furman, and the food trades and quiet risks that kept…
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The Titan's Curse
Percy joins a winter quest to save Annabeth and Artemis with Thalia, Grover, Bianca and Zoe, facing Atlas and Luke under a hard Oracle prophecy on Mount…
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The Two Towers
Frodo and Sam crawl toward Mordor with Gollum while Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli chase orcs across Rohan.
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The Unhoneymooners
Olive Torres takes her sister's Hawaii honeymoon with enemy Ethan Thomas after food poisoning ruins the wedding.
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The Wicked King
Jude must hold Cardan on the Elfhame throne while the Undersea plots.
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Things We Never Got Over
Naomi runs from her wedding to help her twin in Knockemout and clashes with Knox Morgan.
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Thirteen Reasons Why
Clay Jensen gets tapes from Hannah Baker naming thirteen reasons for her death, and must walk town listening through one long night.
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To All the Boys I've Loved Before
Lara Jean's secret love letters get mailed and she fake-dates Peter Kavinsky to dodge Josh.
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Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Childhood friends Sam Masur and Sadie Green build hit games from Ichigo to Mapletown while love, disability, and work strain a thirty year bond through fame…
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Tuesdays with Morrie
A sportswriter visits his old professor each Tuesday as ALS takes hold, talking through love, work, aging, and death in short lessons that still read clearly.
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Twisted Love
Sunshine Ava Chen falls for her brother's cold billionaire best friend Alex Volkov as old fires and revenge surface.
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Unbroken
Louis Zamperini survives a Pacific crash, sharks and POW camps after running in the Berlin Olympics.
3,263-word summary · 15 min read